DEAR ARABELLA is a companion novel to A VOW OF HATE. It will be the present story of Arabella and Elias as they navigate through love once again. But with tragedy running through their veins, will they finally get their happily ever after? Update schedule: Every Friday.

For Luke, a driven police officer, women were a distraction, a fleeting pleasure that never interfered with his devotion to his family and career. He was always upfront with his encounters: one night, no strings. Helen, a midwife who thrives on bringing new life into the world, has always prioritised her family and her career above all else. Love was a distant dream, a luxury she couldn't afford. Then, he walked into her life during a memorable night out-her, a hen party, him a drink with his workmates-leading to an electrifying one-night stand. But Helen fled, only for destiny to play its hand: she became his sister's midwife, bringing his nephew into the world. Now, with a shocking pregnancy threatening to dismantle every carefully constructed plan, can these two fiercely independent souls rewrite their futures, together?

If we'd never met, I think I would have known my life wasn't complete. And I would have wandered the world in search of you, even if I didn't know who I was looking for. ― Nicholas Sparks. Michael Saint is a detective for the San Antonio Police Department, He's always been a loner, he's preferred it that way. That was until a little boy captured his heart, a boy who he saw so much of himself in. That boy went missing from yet another foster home saint had put him in, he'd failed him again. He couldn't find him, Saint was beside himself with worry until he received a call from a woman, whose voice made his stomach flutter and his heart leap. Never has he ever felt such a pull to someone before, let alone a voice. It was that voice that told him that she had found Colton, that he had saved her. Saint wasn't looking for a happily ever after, little did he know, that happily ever after came looking for him... **warning some chapters maybe upsetting to some readers**

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. ~ Martin Luther King-Jr. Colton: With a difficult upbringing and only myself to rely on, building a new life for myself wasn't always easy. But Mama K giving me a second chance at life was all a kid like me could ever hope for. She allowed me to flourish and have dreams. So finding my love of soccer and being able to be the success I am today - I owe it all to her. She showed me I mattered. Even so, escaping my past and trying to move on proved tough at times. The darkness was always there. Always lurking around the corner, waiting to suck me in again. Finding silver linings was damn near impossible....until her. Angels on earth. Who knew they existed? Not me. She was a beacon of light, that light you see at the end of the tunnel. Layla, was the angel's name, and she was going to be mine...

Catherine: They say true love is selfless, that it sacrifices its own happiness for another. That's what I did three years ago-let go of the boy I loved. Now Craig Berkeley is back. Not the boy who left, but the man he's become-confident, successful and devastatingly sexy. The moment our eyes meet, my heart remembers what it feels like to belong to him. But is he here to stay? Or is he going to take my heart with him... again? Craig: Fuck. She's even more beautiful than I remember-and now she's all woman. I left to step out of my brother's shadow, to prove myself. I did. But every second away from Catherine was hell. I've come back for her. She doesn't know it yet, but she's mine. My Kitty Cat. Always mine. But when a ghost from our past resurfaces, threatening everything, will our love be strong enough to survive... or will this second chance be our last?